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Obituary/death notice.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33086
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 28, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
July 28, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Obituary or death notice
Subjects
Jefferson, Lillie B.
Item ID
33283AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia resident Sylvia Miller (photo) will tell California Retired Teachers Association about her years as a human "computer" at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), as recounted in Nathalia Holt's book The Rise of the Rocket Girls. Miller was one of many women scientists hired to compute data used to chart the path for NASA's early space missions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34666
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 17, 2016
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 17, 2016
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
California Retired Teachers Association
Miller, Sylvia
NASA
Scientists
Item ID
34858AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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